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Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide Capsule(s), Diagnostic, per mCi

Minnesota rates for HCPCS A9528

Iodine I-131 sodium iodide capsule(s), diagnostic, per mCi

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Iodine I-131 Sodium Iodide Capsule(s), Diagnostic, per mCi cost?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $178 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$112$72.44 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$72.44 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $72 to $813Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $42 to $166
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $178professional $112

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$177.83
8 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.51

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Ohio than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$117

OH $282HI $56.23

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.